How to begin v4l2 application development??

I am new to video for linux and would like to know what resources are available to assist me in programming a simple webcam application with c++ in a *nix environment. My main goal right now is to just view the webcam in a small window. I have found lots of info on driver development, but I am interested in the application side. Are there any c++ examples or references that will help me get started?

Quoted 6 lines · Bryan Nations

I am new to video for linux and would like to know what resources are available to assist me in programming a simple webcam application with c++ in a *nix environment. My main goal right now is to just view the webcam in a small window. I have found lots of info on driver development, but I am interested in the application side. Are there any c++ examples or references that will help me get started?

Read the V4L2 API documentation. Everything an app programmer can call is there.

I susggest playing around with the v4l2-ctl utility with your device to get a feel for what many of the miscellaneous ioctl()'s support.

You may want to look at svv.c here:

	http://moinejf.free.fr/

as a simple test viewer application.

Regards,
Andy

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